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Pain |
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First Manga Appearance: Ch. 363 First
Anime Teaser Appearance: Ep. 135 Hidden Village:
Rain Ring: Rei (Zero) Finger Position:
Right Thumb Info: Pain acts as the leader of the
group, though he and Konan secretly report to Tobi. He has
been adamant that the group can fulfill their desires if they
finally possess the bijuu. He also was responsible for
summoning the huge statue which holds the spirits of bijuu
withdrawn from Jinchuuriki. Pain is also calm and tries to
bring order to the group. It is said he's never lost a
battle.
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Deidara (Former Member -
Deceased) |
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First Manga Appearance: Ch. 247 First
Anime Appearance: Shippuuden Ep. 2 Hidden
Village: Rock Ring: Sei
(Blue-Green) Finger Position: Right
Index Info: Deidara is from Hidden Rock and he
utilizes mouths on his palms to create exploding art. He left
his village behind to work as a terrorist for
anti-nationalists. He was then invited into Akatsuki. He and
his partner Sasori were responsible for capturing the One-Tail
Jinchuuriki Gaara. Though he lost both arms in battle, both
were reattached. After Sasori was killed, Tobi became his
partner. Deidara later squared off against Uchiha Sasuke.
Unfortunately Sasuke's Sharingan and his Lightning Element
attacks got the better of Deidara's Earth based Exploding
Clay. In anger, Deidara chose to self-detonate himself to show
the true beauty of his art.
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Konan |
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First Manga Appearance: Ch. 363 First
Anime Teaser Appearance: Ep. 135 Hidden Village:
Rain Ring: Byaku/Haku (White) Finger
Position: Right Middle Info: Konan is the lone
female member of the group. She works alongside Pain. This duo
secretly reports to Tobi, and seem to be the only ones who
know about his true nature. Konan possesses the ability to
disperse her body into paper, which can then fold itself into
butterfies for tracking purposes. When she was younger, she,
Pain and another orphan were trained by Jiraiya for a short
period. He helped them become stronger and able to fend for
themselves in the war torn Rain Country.
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Uchiha Itachi (Former Member -
Deceased) |
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First Manga Appearance: Ch. 139 First
Anime Appearance: Ep. 80 Hidden Village:
Leaf Ring: Shu (Scarlet) Finger Position:
Right Ring Info: After murdering everyone in his
clan, Uchiha Itachi fled his village and joined Akatsuki.
Itachi was partnered with Hoshigaki Kisame. They were assigned
to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki Naruto. They attempted
to capture Naruto once, but fled when confronted by Jiraiya.
Itachi finally faced his brother Sasuke in battle and died.
After the battle, Uchiha Madara revealed that Itachi had did
everything for Konoha's well being, even sacrificing himself
to help keep Sasuke out of Madara's hands.
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Zetsu |
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First Manga Appearance: Ch. 234 First
Anime Appearance: Ep. 134 Hidden Village:
Grass Ring: Kai (Boar) Finger Position:
Right Little Info: Zetsu appears venus-fly trap-like
in appearance. His main body is split into two halfs, both
light and dark. He appeared to be traveling alone when he
spied on Naruto and Sasuke's battle at the Valley of the End.
For a period he was teamed with non-Akatsuki member Tobi. Once
Tobi was admitted into the group, it appears Zetsu once again
works alone.
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Orochimaru (Former Member -
Neutralized) |
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First Manga Appearance: Ch. 49 First Anime
Appearance: Ep. 27 Hidden Village:
Sound Ring: Sora (Sky) Finger Position:
Left Little Info: After being passed over for Fourth
Hokage, Orochimaru began to study forbidden jutsu. He then
fled Leaf and joined Akatsuki. He was partnered with Sasori
during this period. Orochimaru coveted Uchiha Itachi's
Sharingan. He moved to take Itachi's body but Itachi bound
Orochimaru with Genjutsu and cut off his arm. Orochimaru fled
and took his ring with him. He would later form Hidden Sound
and train Itachi's brother Sasuke. When he moved to insert his
spirit into Sasuke, the young man bound Orochimaru in Genjutsu
and suppressed him. Orochimaru's underling Kabuto also
inserted some of Orochimaru's flesh into his body, which soon
exerted its will by gradually taking over his
body.
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Hoshigaki Kisame |
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First Manga Appearance: Ch. 139 First
Anime Appearance: Ep. 80 Hidden Village:
Mist Ring: Minami (South) Finger Position:
Left Ring Info: Kisame engaged in murder and
rebellion in his home country, fleeing Mist he joined
Akatsuki. Kisame is partnered with Uchiha Itachi. They have
been assigned to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki Naruto.
They have attempted to capture Naruto once, and are likely
waiting for the right moment to try again.
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Kakuzu (Former Member -
Deceased) |
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First Manga Appearance: Ch. 312 First
Anime Teaser Appearance: Ep. 135 Hidden Village:
Waterfall Ring: Hoku (North) Finger
Position: Left Middle Info: Kakuzu is a
missing-nin from Hidden Waterfall. He and his partner Hidan
were responsible for acquiring the Two-Tailed Jinchuuriki. He
was a bounty hunter who often got sidetracked on bounty hunts.
His body was stitched together by strange tendrils which he
used to rip out the hearts of his opponents and then insert
into his own body. This granted him their elemental affinities
in the form of masked tendril entities. Along with his own
Water affinity, he had access to Wind, Fire, Earth and
Lightning attacks. Kakashi destroyed the Earth Heart, Hidan
accidentally destroyed Water and Naruto destroyed Wind and
Fire. Kakuzu was then finished off by Kakashi.
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Hidan (Former Member -
Neutralized) |
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First Manga Appearance: Ch. 312 First
Anime Teaser: Ep. 135 Hidden Village:
Unnamed Ring: San (Three) Finger Position:
Left Index Info: Hidan bears a large rope scythe and
he admits that he is the slowest attacker of the group. He
hails from some as of yet unknown village. He and his partner
Kakuzu were responsible for acquiring the Two-Tailed
Jinchuuriki. Hidan practices an evil god cult religion named
Jashin. This religion loves chaos and death, and Hidan himself
is near immortal, surviving after being decapitated. On one of
Kakuzu's side bounty trips, he killed Sarutobi Asuma in battle
using some unknown jutsu which allows damage to himself to be
felt by his opponent. He was eventually blown up and buried
deep underground by Shikamaru.
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Akasuna no Sasori (Former Member -
Deceased) |
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First Manga Appearance: Ch. 247 First
Anime Appearance: Shippuuden Ep. 2 Hidden
Village: Sand Ring: Tama (Sphere) Finger
Position: Left Thumb Current Status:
Deceased Info: Sasori (meaning scorpion) traveled
with Deidara from Hidden Rock. He was a legendary puppet
master from Hidden Sand who left his village approximately 20
years before the start of the series. Sasori converted
portions of his body into puppet parts, retaining a flesh and
blood portion of his original self in a chest container. He
used the "hitokugutsu" method to turn people into puppets
while still alive, allowing him to use their jutsu even after
their "death." He fell in battle to Chiyo and Sakura,
hesitating to not avoid the lethal strike of his parents who
had been made into puppets.
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Tobi / Uchiha
Madara |
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First Manga Appearance: Ch. 280 First
Anime Teaser Appearance: Shippuuden Ep. 32 Hidden
Village: Leaf Ring: Tama (Sphere) Finger
Position: Left Thumb Info: Tobi was initially
seen as an associate of Zetsu. He appeared clumsy and was very
polite in his speech. After Sasori was killed in battle, Tobi
was eager to replace Sasori as a new member of Akatsuki. He
eventually succeeded and took over Sasori's position in the
group. He was then partnered with Deidara. After Deidara's
death, it was revealed Tobi gave direction to Pain as leader.
He was also revealed to possess the Sharingan and claimed to
be Uchiha Madara. When Tobi revealed his true nature to
Kisame, the man recognized him both as Madara and as his
village's Mizukage. The full nature of Tobi and Madara's full
identity is unknown.
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